Current events interest ‘vital’
Current events interest ‘vital’
Retiring Otago Daily Times Extra! editor Ivan Behrnes urged pupils to nurture their interest in current events as he signed off from the role.
Eileen Goodwin
Queue at early voting place
Queue at early voting place
Advanced voting booths have opened at the University of Otago for those wanting to cast an early vote in the general election on September 23.
Comment: Ardern takes the initiative
Comment: Ardern takes the initiative
Jacinda Ardern was the winner of the leaders’ debate in Christchurch last night in her most spirited and interesting clash yet with Bill English.
Dunedinites hunker down and wait
Dunedinites hunker down and wait
A Dunedin mother faces an anxious time while her daughter, an intern at Walt Disney World, plans to hunker down in the theme park when Hurricane Irma hits.
Disability poverty 'worst'
Disability poverty 'worst'
National's Dunedin South candidate Matt Gregory was taken to task last night by a disability co-ordinator who said ''absolute poverty'' in people with learning disabilities is at the worst level he...
National's promise labelled 'bizarre'
National's promise labelled 'bizarre'
Labour has claimed National's promise to increase elective surgeries to 200,000 per year is ''bizarre'', as it claimed previously to be doing that number.
New unit to relieve ED pressure
New unit to relieve pressure on ED opens
Some Dunedin Hospital emergency department patients will be diverted to a new unit if they do not require urgent ED treatment.
Suicide prevention co-ordinator 'scaremongering'
Suicide prevention co-ordinator 'scaremongering'
The region's suicide prevention co-ordinator has been accused of "scaremongering'' by a local suicide support group for warning against "collective and media displays of grief'' before World...
Labour’s policy criticised
Labour’s policy criticised
National has taken aim at the Labour Party over its promised $8 billion boost to health spending.
Urgent need to train rural GPs
Urgent need to train rural GPs
A decade before Waikato University sparked a public debate on a third medical school, a far-sighted Queenstown GP set up a Rural Medical Immersion Programme to try to fill rural health shortages.
Leaks force facility closures
Leaks force facility closures
A family stay room in the Dunedin Hospital neonatal intensive care unit, and the Queen Mary birthing pool, have been been closed for about two months because of unrelated leaks.
SDHB apology little comfort to kidney patient
SDHB apology little comfort to kidney patient
The Southern District Health Board has apologised to a patient whose right kidney "died" after a registrar misread his symptoms and accused him of being on drugs.
No money for hospital
No money for hospital
Labour has accused the National Party of compromising the Government’s negotiating position on the Dunedin Hospital rebuild by setting aside no money in the expectation private investors will pay.
Rising suicide numbers reflected
Rising suicide numbers reflected
Suicide prevention advocates had the sad task of adding 27 pairs of shoes to their collection yesterday to mark an increase in deaths.
Asbestos costs Dunedin Hospital $5.5m
Asbestos costs Dunedin Hospital $5.5m
The cost of dealing with asbestos has reached almost $5.5million at Dunedin Hospital as an internal report reveals it took at least 10 days to change a light fitting.
Suicides up 20% in South
Suicides up 20% in South
The number of suicides in Otago-Southland rose more than 20% last year, provisional figures show.
SDHB breached patient's rights
SDHB breached patient's rights
The Southern District Health Board and a psychiatrist breached the patients’ code of rights in their care of a woman who died, the Mental Health Commissioner has found.
Announcement sidesteps parochial issue
Announcement sidesteps parochial issue
COMMENT: A tricky election issue involving parochial sensitivities has been deftly handled by kicking the can down the road.
Rival bids by varsities
Rival bids by varsities
Universities will compete to to train an extra 60 doctors each year in a new School of Rural Medicine.
Med school plan welcomed
Otago Uni welcomes med school announcement
A new school of rural medicine will be set up to produce an extra 60 doctors per year, but the Government is yet to settle on which university will run it.